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the mission would require invading pakistan's sovereign territory. intelligence put the odds at 50/50 that bin laden was even there. if the mission did not succeed it would be a disaster in political terms to rival desert one, jimmy carter's failed military effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never been certain we had gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency -- and i think this is true of every president -- presidents i admire, presidents i've been critical of, where you really do put politics aside, where you have great clarity about the profound privilege and responsibility of this office. certainly we thought about the fact that there was a failure here, it would have disastrous consequences for me politically. we knew the examples of the carter presidency and we understood what there, but i tell you, the only thing that i was thinking about throughout this entire enterprise was, i really want to get those guys back. >>
the mission would require invading pakistan's sovereign territory. intelligence put the odds at 50/50 that bin laden was even there. if the mission did not succeed it would be a disaster in political terms to rival desert one, jimmy carter's failed military effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never been certain we had gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency --...
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the fierce reaction to the video that swept through much of the arab and hislamic world including in pakistan where hundreds of people pushed through a barricade around the u.s. consulate in karachi. at least one demonstrator was killed as police beat back the crowd. the leader of hezbollah has called on followers to, quote, express their anger. >>> back here at home, the california man suspected of making the anti-islam film was questioned by federal authorities. the 55-year-old is banned from using computers or the internet after he pleaded no contest to bank fraud back in 2010. investigators want to know if he was involved in posting a trailer of the film online. he has not been charged with anything. they just brought him in for questioning, as you can see over the weekend. >>> israel's prime minister is repeating his calls for the obama administration to set a red line, as he puts it, for dealing with iran's nuclear program. in an interview on "meet the press," the prime minister said tehran is closing in on the ability to build an atomic bomb. >> the lines on a few matters, and they've
the fierce reaction to the video that swept through much of the arab and hislamic world including in pakistan where hundreds of people pushed through a barricade around the u.s. consulate in karachi. at least one demonstrator was killed as police beat back the crowd. the leader of hezbollah has called on followers to, quote, express their anger. >>> back here at home, the california man suspected of making the anti-islam film was questioned by federal authorities. the 55-year-old is...
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does the man know the difference between pakistan and a pink gem? >> the fact of the matter is there is not only an absence of depth and breadth in the foreign policy experience of governor romney, but also in his running mate, but more importantly, at the time when he even dares to step out on the international stage, he managed to stick his foot in his mouth and that really is the most troublesome aspect of this. it's bad enough not to have the foreign policy experience, but when you pretend and then screw up, that's even worse. >> jon, it was inspiring to see all those vets on stage at the convention and as you watched mitt romney duck questions about the war, what do you hear from your fellow vets about this election? >> well, our issues are at the forefront because we're solely responsible of the federal. nobody can make or send us to war other than the commander in chief. the federal government controls us. we have a suicide epidemic. we've got a lot of troops in afghanistan being killed by afghan troops and there's benefit issued, so i think
does the man know the difference between pakistan and a pink gem? >> the fact of the matter is there is not only an absence of depth and breadth in the foreign policy experience of governor romney, but also in his running mate, but more importantly, at the time when he even dares to step out on the international stage, he managed to stick his foot in his mouth and that really is the most troublesome aspect of this. it's bad enough not to have the foreign policy experience, but when you...
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rand paul wants to pull $4 billion a year in funding for pakistan, libya, and egypt. i want to play a little bit of the exchange. >> they know the american people are with me. if you ask question, should we send money to countries who don't like us and disrespect us? 80% to 90% of the american people are with me on this. >> i'd ask the senator, have you ever been to pakistan? has the senator ever been to egypt? i ask the senator. has the senator ever been to egypt? well, senator does not want to answer and i presume that means he has not been. he ought to go to egypt and see what those people are struggling to do. that is a revolution in tahrir square. and it contin-- >> and it continued. and if a constituent came to you saying that we should give money to countries holding anti-american demonstrations, what would your answer be? >> i would have to take time to tell them, of course, we resent giving aid or assistance to countries that don't appear to be appreciative of that aid. of course, it is unpopular thing to do. but foreign aid and how we send our troops into ha
rand paul wants to pull $4 billion a year in funding for pakistan, libya, and egypt. i want to play a little bit of the exchange. >> they know the american people are with me. if you ask question, should we send money to countries who don't like us and disrespect us? 80% to 90% of the american people are with me on this. >> i'd ask the senator, have you ever been to pakistan? has the senator ever been to egypt? i ask the senator. has the senator ever been to egypt? well, senator...
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. >>> the government in pakistan has ordered foreign staff members of the international aid group save the children to leave the country. the group helped facilitate meetings between the u.s. and a doctor who allegedly helped hunt down osama bin laden, a charge save the children denies. >>> a texas man was the victim of a birthday prank that caused him to be removed in handcuffs from a plane in philadelphia after a hoax phone tip that he was smuggling something. christopher schell's birthday nightmare worsened when texas kept him in custody for outstanding warrants. >>> and following the death of astronaut neil armstrong, his gloves and visor from the 1969 moon walk will be on display for two weeks at a national air and space museum center in virginia. meanwhile, his family has announced that, according to his wishes, armstrong, a navy man to the end, will be buried at sea. >>> and now, here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." with two months left before the election, here is a look at the 2012 campaign in the twitterverse. the twitter political index trac
. >>> the government in pakistan has ordered foreign staff members of the international aid group save the children to leave the country. the group helped facilitate meetings between the u.s. and a doctor who allegedly helped hunt down osama bin laden, a charge save the children denies. >>> a texas man was the victim of a birthday prank that caused him to be removed in handcuffs from a plane in philadelphia after a hoax phone tip that he was smuggling something. christopher...
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even despite the over $25 billion in aid we give to pakistan. it is now -- america is now seen as public enemy number one. so you have incidents like this and you see something as threatening as pakistan who does have nuclear weapons. >> tina, i'd love you to react to something threw out in the earlier hour as somebody who runs "the daily beast," a very influential digital enterprise, that this digital danger that continues to lurk. this is an example of what terrifies me, in the next 10, 20 years, how international events will be triggered by what i call the dark underbelly of the internet. and that the average poeerson, forget here, across the globe, cannot distinguish information they are getting from a mass media versus some idiot in his white boxer briefs in a basement. and we will continue to see horrific events as an unfortunate residue of the brilliance of technology, now the underbelly of technology. >> i think it's a very, very real threat. unfortunately it's not a threat you can legislate for. it requires, you know, the probity of edi
even despite the over $25 billion in aid we give to pakistan. it is now -- america is now seen as public enemy number one. so you have incidents like this and you see something as threatening as pakistan who does have nuclear weapons. >> tina, i'd love you to react to something threw out in the earlier hour as somebody who runs "the daily beast," a very influential digital enterprise, that this digital danger that continues to lurk. this is an example of what terrifies me, in...
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you have already seen the protests in libya and egypt expand to whether it's cashmere, or pakistan, and the danger that this becomes much bigger and that the kind of conciliatory position that the obama administration has taken might make it look weak down the road when in fact it has been -- >> surely you have to attack anti-islamic stupidity. to say that romney hadn't done so, let's watch the secretary. >> the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject it's content and message. >> who would be offended. >> >> rochl any has painted himself into a corner. >> there's a clash of civilizations going on. you see this every day on the internet. and i guess romney in a kind of a political tunists's way, doesn't want to offend people who were going to be supporters of his. >> he just comes across as a guy who doesn't have a feel to the way the world works. i think it's going to hurt him. we'll see in the debates whether he can form a coherent argument about american power and how the world works. but he ain't done it so far. >> he looks clumsy a
you have already seen the protests in libya and egypt expand to whether it's cashmere, or pakistan, and the danger that this becomes much bigger and that the kind of conciliatory position that the obama administration has taken might make it look weak down the road when in fact it has been -- >> surely you have to attack anti-islamic stupidity. to say that romney hadn't done so, let's watch the secretary. >> the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video....
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you've seen the protests extend to whether it's kashmere, pakistan, the danger that it becomes much bigger and the position that the obama administration has taken may make it look weak down the road. >> surely it's coming out of the los angeles or the reverend terry jones to denounce out of l.a. and say that romney hasn't done so. let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. >> why doesn't romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these people that keep staring up wars by burning koran, flushing down the toilet, paying on them, whatever they are doing lately, is doing nothing but killing american soldiers. david? >> chris, romney has painted himself into a corner as the no apology guy, mr. never back down. there are a lot of people on the republican right who are bought into this idea that there's a clash of civilizations going on. you see this every day on the internet and i guess romney in a kind of political op
you've seen the protests extend to whether it's kashmere, pakistan, the danger that it becomes much bigger and the position that the obama administration has taken may make it look weak down the road. >> surely it's coming out of the los angeles or the reverend terry jones to denounce out of l.a. and say that romney hasn't done so. let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this...
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latest protests over an anti-muslim film made in the united states left at least 19 people dead in pakistan. there were demonstrations, once again, across the mideast and asia. >>> the space shuttle "endeavour" landed safely on the back of a 747 at los angeles international airport. >>> and a man is in critical condition after being mauled by a target at new york's bronx zoo. at this point, not clear why he jumped into the tiger habitat. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the battle for control of the u.s. senate is likely to hinge on a few states that could go either way, and right now they're too close to call. in virginia, for months the former democratic governor tim kaine seemed to be underperforming president obama in his home state. and he's no better than tied with the other former governor and former senator george allen. just this week, four polls have put kaine up an average of four points in a very tight race. the most impressive poll was "the washington post" which gave kaine an edge driven by an overwhelming percent of women. governor, thanks so much for joini
latest protests over an anti-muslim film made in the united states left at least 19 people dead in pakistan. there were demonstrations, once again, across the mideast and asia. >>> the space shuttle "endeavour" landed safely on the back of a 747 at los angeles international airport. >>> and a man is in critical condition after being mauled by a target at new york's bronx zoo. at this point, not clear why he jumped into the tiger habitat. back to "hardball."...
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. >> we spend so much of history worrying about powerful states, but it's places like yemen and pakistan, somalia. it's the weak states that are unable or unwilling to police what goes on within their own borders. this is the soil in which terrorists put down roots. and increasingly for the future, the biggest challenge facing the united states is going to be the consequences of weak states. the yemens and somalias that will generate the threats. >> serbia and the great war. what was the match that started the great war? it was a serbian terrorist. >> it is pretty darn unbelievable, though, how we do go into yemen with drone strikes, go where these terrorists are and that creates a lot of debate. but being number two in al qaeda anywhere just not a good, good move. >> we have a lot of other news to cover. when we come back, how the obama campaign is using a page from the bush campaign to hit mitt romney on national security. mike allen has the details in the politico playbook. >>> eugene robinson, andy serwer, and carl bernstein, you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ [ m
. >> we spend so much of history worrying about powerful states, but it's places like yemen and pakistan, somalia. it's the weak states that are unable or unwilling to police what goes on within their own borders. this is the soil in which terrorists put down roots. and increasingly for the future, the biggest challenge facing the united states is going to be the consequences of weak states. the yemens and somalias that will generate the threats. >> serbia and the great war. what...